catechize

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Then the Cardinal began to catechize the priest who had once been an assistant to his secretariat.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has forbidden them to go out as they ought to the visitas, and to confess, preach, and catechize.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Blair, Emma Helen

Neither of them ever made a public profession of religion, but they were careful to observe external ordinances, catechize their children, and give religious instruction.

From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by Dodge, David Low

And thus it belongs to the ministers to catechize.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Objection 1: It seems that it does not belong to a priest to catechize and exorcize the person to be baptized.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint